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Maudling popped out from the Treasury, just across the street from No. 10; Butler, a grim rider in a black Daimler, was momentarily roused from introspection by the cheers of the crowd; Hailsham, reportedly the hardest-dying, refused to say anything about anything. They came and went, as the sun set and the TV lights rose, then came and went again. Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath went on BBC television to praise Home's "integrity, clarity, judgment and perseverance" and to hope "that all our colleagues will be able to serve with him." Selwyn Lloyd insisted "he will make...
...with plenty of cash. With an unerring sixth sense for economic trends, he resisted advice to concentrate all he had in steel, decided that most growth would be in autos, chemicals and paper, and set out to pyramid his holdings in each field. He bought 40% control of prestigious Daimler-Benz (Mercedes) to form a solid auto base, got a small car to sell by adding the struggling Auto Union. In an age of business managers, Flick is still an imperious and self-confident tycoon. "One must have an eye for how much a plant is worth," he says...
...sseldorf. On the job he avoids all small talk, turns out a prodigious amount of work each day at the 100-man headquarters of his holding company on two rented floors in Düsseldorf. He is frequently on the phone to such key managers as Walter Hitzinger of Daimler-Benz, constantly amazes them with his grasp of intricate details...
...sole bargaining agent for workers in 30% of Germany's industrial plants. When companies in Württemberg-Baden refused to grant an 8% wage increase to the metalworkers (who now draw an average 77? an hour), Brenner called a strike against such strategic targets as automaking Daimler-Benz and Bosch, which makes electrical systems for most German autos. Other employers retaliated by locking out workers at scores of other plants that Brenner had not struck...
These days, most German youths do not have to go journeying for jobs. Big German companies pride themselves on the size and thoroughness of their apprentice programs. Siemens has 180 special instructors for its 6,300 apprentices. Daimler-Benz, whose founder Gottlieb Daimler rose from the apprentice ranks, has a mountaintop set aside for apprentice classrooms and recreational facilities...